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vDOOR HANGER.

No. 446,816. Patented Teb. 17,1891.

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DOOR-HANGER.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 446,816, datedFebruary 1'?, 1891.

Application tiled April 12, 1890. Serial No. 347.701. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

. Be it known that we, SAMUEL W. HENeIsT and GETTING G. HENGIST, otKansas City, in

the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AdjustableDoor-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to an adjustable doorhanger and track; and ourinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of myimproved hanger. Fig. II is a verticalsection taken on line II II, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the track on which thehanger-wheels 2 travel. The track is secured to and supported by adjustable brackets 3. The brackets 3 are provided withrearwardly-extending lugs 4, one of said lugs being situated at the topot the brackets and the other situated at the bottom of the brackets.These lugs are provided with openings 5, in which screw-threaded bolts 6engage. These bolts also engage in brackets 7, which may be attached tothe studding 7% by screws 8. The brackets 7 have a screwthreaded portion9, in which the screw-threaded bolts 6 engage. Thus it will be seen thatby manipulating the bolts G the brackets 3 maybe raised and lowered andthus raise and lower the track on which the hanger-wheels travel, sothat the door maybe adjusted vertically.

{H- represents U -shaped han ger-f rames having cross-pieces 10, whichrest on the axles 11 of the pulleys or wheels 12, and form anantifriction bearing for the saine, permitting the wheels to travelbetween the upright portions of the hangers, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. I, and thus avoid friction.

13 represents a plate by which the U -shaped hanger-frames are rigidlyconnected to each other. This plate, being located in front of thebearing cross-pieces 10, strengthens the U-frames and forms a guard forthe wheels, to prevent displacement when the door is jolted.

let represents the door, which is adj ustably secured to hooks 15 16,rigidly attached to the lower part of the hanger-frames 99,-. The hook15 is formed with a rightangle eX- tension 17, which engages a plate 18set into the door, there being an opening 19 in the plate into which thehook may be inserted in suspending the door, and a projection 2O on theplate beneath which the hook 15 passes in order to`support the door. Thehook 16 is formed at an acute angle and engages in an opening 21 iu aplate 22, also set into the door, said plate 22 having a bearing-surfacefor the hook constructed at an acute angle.

23 represents aset-screw, which engages the rear edge of the door andscrews into one of the hangerframes 9%. By adjusting the screw 23 thedoor can always be kept in a perfectly upright position, theconstruction of the hooks by which the door is suspended permitting therear edge ot' the door to be raised or lowered. (See dotted lines, Fig.I.)

IVe claim as our invent-ion- 1. In a door-hanger, the combination of thetrack 1, adjustable bracket 3, to which the track is secured, stationarybracket 7, having a screw-threaded portion 9, and a bolt 6, engaging thescrew-threaded portion 9, said bolt also engaging the bracket 8, wherebysaid bracket may be held at a fixed point or may be raised or lowered atwill, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. Ina door-hanger, the combination of the door 14, plates 18 22 in saiddoor, plate 1S,

having an extension 20, and plate 22, having a bearing-surface formed atan acute angle, hanger-frames 99,-, hooks 15 16 on said hangerframes,hook v15, having an extension 17 formed at a right angle to the body oftheL hook, and hook 1G, formed at an acute angle, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a door-hanger, the combination, with the door 14, the independenthangerframes 9:5, havin g rigid lower ends,and suitable means for movingthe door on the hangers for adjustment, of the bracing guard-plate 13,rigidly connected to the hangers and maintaining them in fixed relation,substantially as described.

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.i. In ai doer-hanger, tiieeombinutien of the ment. el' one hengel'only, Substantially in the independent hanger-frames 9.3, pulleys .12mlmanner sel, forth. which the hanger-flmues rest., and independent meansfoxseeuiiug the respective hanger- SAMUE L \V. IIENGIST. 5 frames to thedoor, one of said frames being (NG'VFING G. I'IEYGIST.

secured :it :L ixed point and the other` being Witnesses:

adjustable, whereby the vertical position of JAS. E. KNIGHT,

the dem` may be maintained bythe 1fidj nst- M. G. DEWEY.

